Young girls will be young girls, after all.
Qiānniǎo had just been scolding Gu Qingfeng for being too wasteful, but after a while, she wanted to go experience the Nine-Headed Firecloud Crimsonflame Tiger Grand Carriage. She said she'd never ridden such an eye-catching carriage in all her years and insisted on taking it for a spin to feel it firsthand.
Gu Qingfeng let Horse King take her out for a casual ride around.
After one loop, Qiānniǎo never mentioned the word 'wasteful' again. She kept squealing excitedly, like a child who hadn't grown up getting a huge toy, utterly thrilled.
After a few more loops, Qiānniǎo still felt it wasn't enough. Even after returning to the floating island, she remained reluctant to part with it, saying she wanted to live inside the grand carriage from now on.
And so, in the blink of an eye, she went into the meditation chamber within the grand carriage to start tempering that Blue Moon Sword of hers.
Gu Qingfeng, having nothing better to do, sat in the carriage's main hall drinking and chatting with Horse King.
He had bought a lot of wine from Yi City, along with many Spirit Fruits and a pile of pills.
But whether it was fine wine, Spirit Fruits, or pills, Horse King didn't dare drink, taste, or eat any of them.
Because the fine wine Gu Qingfeng bought was called 'Rolling Knife Burn.' True to its name, it was extremely potent, with a kick so strong that a single mouthful felt like your whole body was being burned by flames. This wine wasn't meant for drinking; it was typically used for healing after injuries.
Then there was that Spirit Fruit called 'Bitter Bodhi Fruit.' To be precise, this thing wasn't a Spirit Fruit at all but a poisonous fruit, specifically used for refining miraculous immortal pills. It contained potent toxins; it was said that eating it would cause your flesh to rot.
But now Gu Qingfeng had bought it back and was eating it like grapes.
There was also a type of pill called the 'Great Law Yi Jing Marrow-Refining Pill.'
At first, Horse King thought Gu Qingfeng bought these Great Law Yi Jing Marrow-Refining Pills to regulate his Physical Body—which was indeed what such pills were used for—but he never imagined Gu Qingfeng wasn't using them to regulate his body at all. Instead, he was using them as snacks to go with his wine.
Right now, he was chewing them one by one with a crisp crunch, like candy beans. In Gu Qingfeng's words, he was eating them precisely for that satisfying crunch.
"I say, Horsey, I called you over to drink, but you keep staring at me. What's the meaning of that? Do you fancy me or something?"
"This humble one just feels you truly are a remarkable person, Great Lord! Really! Remarkable beyond measure, just like those legendary extraordinary figures from myths."
"How did I become 'remarkable'?"
"Great Lord, just look. You're drinking Rolling Knife Burn, eating Bitter Bodhi Fruit like grapes, and munching on Great Law Yi Jing Marrow-Refining Pills like candy beans. Things like these—ordinary folks would need to lie in bed for ten days to half a month after just one sip or one bite. Yet you eat them like grapes and candy beans. If that's not remarkable, what is?"
Actually, Horse King wasn't exaggerating. Rolling Knife Burn was used to ignite blood, burn the flesh, and promote blood circulation to remove stasis. One mouthful would absolutely feel like having your liver and intestines severed—as painful as it gets. Horse King had used this stuff for healing when he was injured before and clearly remembered the taste. He had lain in bed for ten days to half a month back then.
As for the Great Law Yi Jing Marrow-Refining Pill, it was used to regulate the Physical Body, clear meridians, and open acupoints, etc. One pill would absolutely bring unbearable agony. Though Horse King had never taken one himself, he had seen others do so. After one pill, even a Great Law Golden Immortal would be writhing on the ground in pain. Once the medicinal effects wore off, the person would be paralyzed, unable to move.
And the Bitter Bodhi Fruit went without saying—this thing was pure poison. Horse King had never taken it nor seen anyone else take it, only hearing that eating it would cause your flesh to rot.
Horse King simply couldn't understand. Gu Qingfeng had drunk so much Rolling Knife Burn, chewed so many Great Law Yi Jing Marrow-Refining Pills, and eaten so many Bitter Bodhi Fruits, yet he showed no ill effects whatsoever. Forget flesh rotting or unbearable pain—he hadn't even frowned once. Moreover, he seemed to get more spirited the more he drank and more delighted the more he ate.
"What's so strange about that? Everyone's Physical Body is different. Mine is a bit special. How to put it... it's like a stubborn rock soaked in the sea for ten thousand years, already rusted through."
"This humble one thinks you'd be better off finding a medical immortal to take a look. Eating recklessly like this isn't a solution. What if something goes wrong?"
"Look for what? I'm not planning to regulate my Physical Body anyway."
"If you're not planning to regulate it, why eat all this stuff?"
"Just to taste something, that's all."
"My dear mother, Great Lord!"
Horse King stared wide-eyed, mouth agape. After a long while, he couldn't help but sigh, "You, venerable one, eat all this just for the taste? Then... just what kind of Physical Body do you have..."
Gu Qingfeng really was just eating for the taste. Not only was he not planning to regulate his Physical Body, even if he were, these things wouldn't have any effect on his body.
Take Rolling Knife Burn: for others, it might promote blood circulation, but for Gu Qingfeng, he didn't feel a thing. Same with the Great Law Yi Jing Marrow-Refining Pills: for others, they cleared meridians and opened acupoints, but for him, again, not a hint of sensation, not even an itch.
As for the Bitter Bodhi Fruit, for Gu Qingfeng, he was purely eating it for that bitter taste.
And even these were the result of him scouring many Yi Cities for a long time, unable to find anything that would give him a sensation when eaten. In the end, he could only pick these three things that at least had some taste in the mouth.
The peculiarity of his Physical Body meant that no matter what he ate, he didn't feel much. This was also the greatest regret in Gu Qingfeng's life—a regret that had basically started ever since he began cultivating. Especially after claiming the peerless Throne of Immortal and Demon and then the Nine Nethers Emperor's Throne, and tempering his body with Netherfire, Gu Qingfeng's tastes grew heavier by the day. The wine he drank became increasingly potent, and the fruits he ate became increasingly poisonous.
However, back then, even if the wine was stronger and the fruits more poisonous, he could at least still feel something.
But after igniting the Sinful Flames, sleeping for ten thousand years, and awakening, Gu Qingfeng's Physical Body had truly turned into a piece of chaotic, stubborn rock.
He reckoned that this time, even if he drank stronger wine or ate the most poisonous Spirit Fruits, he probably wouldn't feel anything. Being able to sample something fresh and taste a flavor was already quite satisfying for him.
"What kind of body it is, even I don't know clearly, and I can't be bothered to worry about it. Whatever it is, it is."
"This..." Horse King opened his mouth, then closed it, words failing him. He truly didn't know how to describe the feelings in his heart. After thinking for a long time, he remembered a phrase Gu Qingfeng had once said: that after living for so many years, only today did he feel he was living with a bit of flavor; the longer you live, the more rare and remarkable people you encounter. At first, Horse King hadn't quite understood that saying, but at this moment, he was beginning to grasp it a little.